Wimbledon 2024 Novak Djokovic blasts ‘disrespect from Centre Court fans

Maybe that the Centre Court crowd was hailing Novak Djokovic’s rival by calling his name.

Jul 08, 2024 09:34 PM

Jul 8, 2024, 05:34 PM ET

WIMBLEDON, England -Maybe those Centre Court spectators were saluting Novak Djokovic‘s opponent by singing Novak Djokovic’s name. Perhaps they were shouting at Djokovic and trying to intimidate his opponent. the 24 times Grand Slam champion was sure that it was the latter and told the world he was not happy with the.

Djokovic defeated the his 15th seeded opponent Holger Rune, 6-3 7-6 6-4, 6-2 in less than two hours Monday evening. He was able to make it to the Wimbledon quarterfinals. He also made sure he sent a message out to the supporters that he believed were against the Serbian.

The Rune’s supporters at different events will often shout his name and chant “Ruuuuuune! ” This is similar to “Boooooo! ” and it was repeated on Monday.

When he spoke to the media following the event, Djokovic spoke briefly about the game, but then moved to the issue of the people who were the crowd.

“To every fan who are respectful and who have were in the stadium tonight, thank You very deeply from my heart. I appreciate it. To all the people who have decided to be disrespectful of the player in this instance myself, I wish you an amazing night. A great night. Great night. Very good night.” The singer declared, stretching”good” and “o’s. “good” so that they made them sound like “boo. “

The interviewer tried to keep Djokovic from thinking that someone had tried to discredit him.

“They were. They were. They were. I’m not sure how they can accept it. I’m sure they were cheering for Rune. However, that’s not an excuse to also cheer,” Djokovic declared. “Listen you know that I’ve played tennis for more than twenty years. Trust me I’ve got all the tricks. I’m aware of how it is. It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay. We’re focusing on good people, who have respect for the people who bought tickets to watch tonight’s match and are passionate about tennis. Are fans of tennis. We’re proud of the players and the effort they put into in the sport. “

In the press conference following the game, Djokovic was asked whether you feel it’s appropriate for an organization like the All England Club should do something to curb the loud fans’ behaviour.

“Look I’m not sure what Wimbledon is going to accomplish about this. It’s true that in the exact moment when it occurs, the crowd has paid for their tickets. They are entitled to be present and to choose how they wish to cheer. This is a choice they can make and how they behave, or the way they support the player is entirely their decision,” Djokovic said. “Yes you could argue whether a chair umpire or someone else, could intervene at specific times to help calm them down, but there’s nothing you can do. It’s not possible to eject the entire section of the stadium or the crowd to a player showing disrespect or anger of. “

Rune started off with a gruelling beginning to the game dropping all 12 initial points and didn’t really do anything about the whole affair.

“If you don’t know what was happening, probably it sounded like ‘boo,'” the man said. “But If we all know what transpired that it was me, then my name. “

Rune stated that he can imagine that the chants of fans to his name could be thought of as shouts of admonition at Djokovic because of the length of length of time since the incident occurred in their last game However, he did not think that it played “a significant factor” in the game. “

“He was just better than me today,” Rune said. “Whether the crowd was one or the other I’m sure it was an excellent backing for each player to be sincere. “

When the game ended, Djokovic gestured as if the violin was his. He maybe jokingly stated that he was sorry for all the people in the stadium with him. He was devastated by his victory and progressing to the quarterfinals in the All England Club for the 15th time.

He has been named winner of Wimbledon 7 times. Additionally, He was runner-up in the final against Carlos Alcaraz in the year before.

“I played in much more hostile environments, trust me,” Djokovic declared. “You guys aren’t able to beat me. “

Information gathered directly from The Associated Press was used in this report.